"....I'll actually head to the hospital." Vincent replied.

"Make things easier." he said.

"I will talk to you later." he told her.

They then ended the conversation, and he sighed, before making plans for his hospital stay.

Rene and Vincent had finished their discourse, and Rene left to tend to other patients. When Vincent had fended off the virus, and was given a perfect bill of health, he asked if he could see Madison.

It was agreed he could briefly see her, so he went to her room.

He sighed, and gently knocked on the door, opening it slowly.

"Madison?" he asked.

"You awake?"

"Well, I happened to be in the neighbourhood." Vincent responded.

"...by that, I mean I was admitted here." he said.

"Came down with a case of what you had." he told her bluntly.

"...which is what I've come to talk to you about." he then said further as he approached her.

"No, I'm not mad at you, and no, I don't blame you." he quickly assured her. "But what you had was very serious." he informed her.

"A specialist needed to be called in."

Vincent raised an eyebrow.

"Really?" he asked.

"Told ALL about it?" he asked further, sitting down beside her.

"Were you told what the virus was doing?" he asked her. "And how you were able to house it in the first place." he then inquired.

'Hmmmm....' he then thought.

'Wonder if this will be easier than I pictured...' he mumbled mentally.

Vincent just smiled when she said that.

"Then you know you don't have to hide it from me." he told her.

"I am like you." he said.

"A mage. One that has access to the mana within their body." he went on.

"I've wondered if you had such mana in you for a while now, but I was unsure as to how to broach it." he then admitted, shaking his head.

"What a way to figure out." he then lightly chuckled.

"But you can talk with me about mana at any time, if you like."

Vincent was silent for a moment, and nodded.

"Very well." he replied.

"We can leave this here for now." he told her.

"After all, you need to spend your energy recovering and resting." he reasoned, before smiling again.

"By the way, interesting choice of reading material." he commented, looking at her book.

"There anything else you might like to read up on when you finish that?" he asked her. "Because I'm sure you'll finish the book long before your stay here is up." he reasoned.

"Hmmm... I see." Vincent muttered.

"Greece, huh?" he asked.

"Duly noted." he said, recalling some things in his mind.

"Anyway, I'll leave you be." he told her.

"I'll visit occasionally." he said with another smile.

"Speedy recovery, Madison."

Vincent looked at Madison, and smiled slightly when he saw her.

'Good.' he thought.

'She looks like she's improving.' he realized.

'Good.' he repeated.

A few whispers started to fly again, but Vincent tried to pay them no heed, and merely hushed the ones that seemed to be getting a bit loud.

"Remember, class." he said when the bell rang.

"You have a quiz tomorrow about Chapters 5 and 6 in your workbooks." he reminded them.

"Your final report is due at the end of May." Vincent responded.

"Oh, and also, you have a special extension on tomorrow's quiz." he told her.

"Due to your recent illness, and the nature of it, I will allow you to take your quiz on Monday next week." he informed her.

"I hardly expect you to take a quiz when you have just returned, especially seeing as you don't seem to quite be at 100% yet." he then reasoned.

"Sound fair?"

Vincent just smirked.

"Very well." he said.

"Have it your way." he told her.

"At any rate, how are you doing?" he asked. "You look much better than the last time I saw you, but... still not quite up to par." he commented.

"...also, forgive me for being presumptuous, but I'm going to assume your family hasn't been much help or given you much support turning this stressful time." he then said.